2007 January
Editorial
Editorial – The Questions Jesus Did Not Ask
Often a question is asked so that it can be shown from your answer that you are a heretic or at least not exactly orthodox. Jesus was asked questions like this by the Jews repeatedly. But Jesus did not ask such questions. Have you ever wondered why?
Christian Life
What Everybody Needs and Nobody Has, Part II
Righteousness of Christ imputed to men means holiness, uprightness, purity. Unless Christ’s righteousness was imputed to us we could not have acceptable repentance. The righteousness dwelling in us by faith consists of love, forbearance, meekness, and all the Christian virtues.
Daily Living
Learning to Walk With God, Part IV
Thus, difficulties, including those that threaten our happiness or even our lives, are seen as blessings by the true and mature saints of God, those who, like Enoch, learn to walk with God.
Bible
At the pool of Bethesda, the people were waiting for the moving of the water, but there was no power in the water. That certain man had been lying there beside it for 38 years, unable to get into the waters when they were stirred.
Daily Living
We have only to live one day at a time, and if we get acquainted with God, he will give us strength for what is coming tomorrow, grace sufficient for each day, and every day will find its own victories, just as it finds its trials.
Bible
All who attain to these two robes of divine righteousness are properly clothed and ready for the coming of the bridegroom to the wedding. Without these two divine garments, no man can see God and live.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – Wall of Protection
Then they understood the strange silence. The snow had piled high around the cottage, completely encircling it with a drift. The snowy wall of white had shut them in....
Inspiration
The Pen of Inspiration – Admonitions and Instruction to Workers
The most profitable subjects that can be presented are those that Christ dwelt upon when teaching his disciples, and the multitudes that daily followed Him. His lessons seemed always new and interesting. The common people heard Him gladly.
Nature
Nature Nugget – Nature’s Cultivator
Earthworms do wonders for the physical and chemical structure of the soil. The soil is “cultivated” by being ground up in the worms’ gizzards.
Health
Restoring the Temple – Is Milk Necessary? Part I
The National Milk Mustache “Got Milk?” campaign and website target young people, and the public in general, in an effort to convince them that milk is absolutely necessary for a healthy diet.
Question
Question – How do you tell if a miracle is of the devil or of the Lord?
Question: How do you tell if a miracle is of the devil or of the Lord? Answer: What is a miracle? One dictionary definition of miracle is, “an unusual event that is ascribed to a supernatural power.”
Food
Food for Life – The Mighty Oat
The oats we eat today draw their history from the wild red oat that originated in Asia. Oats have been grown for 2,000 years in various areas of the world.
Recipe
4 cups water 1 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup Bragg Liquid Aminos 1/4 cup yeast flakes 1/3 cup oil 2 teaspoons Bakon Barbeque 2 teaspoons coriander seasoning (optional) 1 Tablespoon sweet basil 2 teaspoons sage 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon cumin 1 package onion soup mix 1/2 teaspoon thyme 4 cups rolled oats Mix ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – A Plan With a Purpose
January 28, 2007 - February 3, 2007 - On what condition and for what purpose has God given us “the spirit of adoption”? Romans 8:14–17. What must reveal that we are adopted as God’s children? 11 Corinthians 6:16–18; 11 Peter 1:4.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Power From Above
February 4, 2007 - February 10, 2007 - Without the aid of divine power it avails nothing. God works and man works. Resistance of temptation must come from man, who must draw his power from God.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Exercising Faith
February 11, 2007 - February 17, 2007 - “You have to talk faith, you have to live faith, you have to act faith, that you may have an increase of faith; and thus exercising that living faith you will grow to strong men and women in Christ Jesus.”
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Stages of “Present Truth”
February 18, 2007 - February 24, 2007 - There was a present truth—a truth at that time of special importance—in the days of Christ, of Paul, of Luther; there is a present truth for the church today.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.